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Corry, Maurice

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Corry, Maurice

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party West Scotland
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Divisions voted in
786
last on 24 Mar 2021
Party alignment
99.5%
0.5% rebellion
Attendance
95.7%
35 "Not Voted" of 821 divisions present
Motions lodged
271
204 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,692
432 chamber · 1,260 committee
Allowances claimed
£21,099
263 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
petitions ·249 continued ·181 subordinate ·87 legislation ·87 covid-19 ·63 time ·38 question ·32 next ·19 steps ·19 vaccination ·19 programme ·19 portfolio ·18
Recent motions & questions
Recent rebellions

Divisions where they voted against their party's majority position.

Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
271
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
271
Closest voting allies

MSPs who voted the same way most often across shared divisions.

Furthest apart on votes

MSPs they vote against most often.

MSPs like this one

Composite of voting agreement, sponsorship overlap, and Hansard topic affinity. Weighted 50 / 25 / 25.

Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

petition rule veterans close petition councillor argyll orders basis gail ross forces veterans armed forces helensburgh geilston west region tom mason
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ☷
    Left COVID-19 Committee
    04 May 2021
  2. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    04 May 2021
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from West Scotland (Dissolution)
    04 May 2021
  4. –
    Left Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    04 May 2021
  5. ☷
    Joined COVID-19 Committee as Member
    20 Aug 2020
  6. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    20 Aug 2020
  7. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    10 Sep 2019
  8. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    10 Sep 2019
  9. ☷
    Left Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee
    25 Apr 2019
  10. ☷
    Joined Hutchesons' Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill Committee as Member
    12 Sep 2018
  11. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Substitute Member
    06 Sep 2018
  12. ☷
    Left Justice Committee
    06 Sep 2018
  13. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Substitute Member
    29 Jun 2017
  14. ☷
    Joined Justice Committee as Member
    29 Jun 2017
  15. ☷
    Left Public Petitions Committee
    29 Jun 2017
  16. ☷
    Joined Public Petitions Committee as Member
    08 Jun 2016
  17. ⌂
    Started representing West Scotland
    05 May 2016
  18. +
    Joined Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
    05 May 2016
Who backs their motions most
Whose motions they back most
Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    Thank you, convener, for all your work. I reiterate what my colleague Tom Mason said. The two periods that I have been on the committee have been thoroughly en…
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    Yes, exactly, if you would not mind.
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    I will be very quick. You talk about the cabinet secretary and that is fine, but in the case of the COVID-19 Committee it would also be worth writing to Michae…
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    Further to the point about the COVID-19 Committee, it is very important that you write to the convener, Donald Cameron, on the point that we discussed. That wo…
  • Continued Petitions Committee
    24 Mar 2021
    Until 5 May, we will meet only in emergency. The committee is still there, but it is slimmed down. It will meet only if emergency regulations and Scottish stat…
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